Table of Contents. Letter from the Executive Director Glimpses of Grace. A Legacy of Grace. Givers of Grace. Patients & Families.

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Executive Director

Glimpses of Grace

A Legacy of Grace

Givers of Grace

Patients & Families

Celebrating Grace

Financial Summary

Statement of Activity

Sources & Uses of Funds

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Letter from the

Executive Director

Dear Friends of His Grace Foundation,

The COVID-19 pandemic rendered us unable to walk through

the doors of the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Texas

Children's Hospital. We felt nothing less than heartbroken.

After 23 years of witnessing the profound isolation and

loneliness patients and families can face during their stay,

the thought of their seclusion increasing even more felt

crushing.

At the same time, we found joy and purpose arising within us as we took the time to

reflect on our mission and services. Drawing on long-standing HGF values like

compassion, creativity, and care, we considered how to support patients and families

from afar. We met more financial needs than we ever have in a year, launched a care

package program for patients and their siblings, and rallied a historic level of

support from families of former patients as they hosted Amazon Wish List drives and

fundraisers for families currently where they once were.

We will remember 2020 as difficult and trying, to be sure. But we will also remember

it as a year when HGF's role was as clear as could be: to ensure a legacy of hope and

care, regardless of the circumstances. Because of supporters like you, we were able

to do so. We hope you take heart in the pages that follow—they're filled with the

good you brought about in 2020.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Val Anderson

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5,242 snacks and treats provided

to inpatient and outpatient families

1,317 meals provided for staff and

patient families

1,057 parking passes funded

1,000+ toys given via Amazon Wish

List by friends of HGF

200 weekly shopping trips funded

150 care packages sent to patients,

caregivers, and siblings

48 Family in Need requests fulfilled

41 active volunteers

38 welcome baskets delivered

20 Christmas family wishes fulfilled

11 families housed

4 college scholarships awarded

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A close network of family and friends supported

the Kiltz family when their daughter, Gracie, was

was treated for leukemia at Texas Children's

Hospital. Gracie's parents, John and Erin, then

founded His Grace Foundation to provide similar

support to bone marrow transplant patients and

families. Since HGF’s inception, Gracie's story

anchored our mission to ensure a legacy of hope

and care for BMT patients and families.

A Legacy of Grace

On September 8, 2018, Gracie's life on this earth came to an end. We miss Gracie

every day, and count it a deep honor to steward her legacy as His Grace

Foundation continues to carry her name.

John Kiltz Founder and Chairman

Erin Kiltz Founder and Member

Val Anderson Executive Director and

Member Jim Coffey Treasurer and Member

James Adams Member Catherine Marquis Member Hunter Sage Member Rebecca Gentry Ex Officio Representative from the Junior League of Houston

Board of Directors

Staff Members

Val Anderson Executive Director Anna Boucher Program Director Laurel Henning Bookkeeper Abby Perry Communications Coordinator

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Featured Supporters: Housing

Two corporate partners make His Grace Place possible through the facilitation of apartments for temporary, post-transplant housing

near the Medical Center. In 2020, Stonelake Capital Partners and CWS Corporate Housing provided housing

valued at over $100,000.

$25,000+

David & Lynda Tauber

$15,000+

Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church Tomball Regional Health Foundation

$10,000+

Deacons of Deadwood

George & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation The Harry S. & Isabel C. Cameron Foundation Thomas A. Martin

The Shrieve Group

Stonelake Capital Partners, LLC Christy Sweeney

$2,500+

Beth Baker Jill Cade

Fidelity National Title Agency, Inc. Rick Harmon

Tommy Harrington Jerry & Margaret Jackson John & Jan Lopez

Jonny & Melissa Midkiff Carolyn Moore

MacKenzie Neumann & Grayce Nixon Michael & Fiona Odeyomi

Toug & Lindsey Plilar Alma Padilla

Network for Good: HGF Facebook Friends Something Abundant Ministries

Greg & Shelley Sharp The Solomon Family Fund Brian Suter

Givers of Grace

Our generous supporters have ensured a legacy of hope and care during this

turbulent year. Thank you to everyone who has supported bone marrow

transplant patients and their families with HGF in 2020.

$5,000+

Scott & Carrie Culberson

Enterprise Holdings Foundation Gary & Marie Gonzalez

Holly Hardy Estate Inland Inspections, LLC

The Junior League of Houston, Inc. Ben & Emily Lopez

Joe Neumann & Pamela Sheridan Neumann Personal Administrators, Inc.

Paul & Joy Posoli Wendi Powell

W. M. S. Enterprises, Ltd.

Featured Supporters: Meals

Throughout 2020, Little Matt’s and Lopez Mexican Restaurant provided meals for bone marrow transplant unit staff working harder than ever

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$1,000+

American Fidelity Colleagues Jenn Anderson

Benevity Community Impact Fund Brian Baumler Roy Carpenter Steve Dawson David Ferguson Eric Gil Scott Gustafson Insperity

Jennifer Wilks Foundation Jennifer Koelm

Robert & Pamela Krance Anthony Lambert David Paris

Pearland House Concerts Hunter & Dominique Sage Larry Shinn

Short Benefit Services Dan & Carol Taylor

TCH Nurses “Race for His Grace” Usborne Publishing

Wadecon, LLC Andrea Wittrock

James C. & Janice K. Wittrock Foundation

$500+

Danette Bitel John Black

James & Patricia Cleary CWS Apartment Homes, LLC Mike & Carolyne Digel Quintin Durrett Terrie Fleming

John & Claudia Gattis Robert Hallums Ed & Betty Hudson John & Erin Kiltz

Ben Corbin & Cindy Kroth Doug & Alice Laguarta Joshua & Rachel Lake Alexander Marquis Tommy & Laura Martinez Donna Mizell

Sara Mullins Jared & Abby Perry Purcell Web Development Robert Half

Zachary Rogan Sharon Rundall Shannon Schorlemmer Robert & Carol Smith Sarah Stowell Christopher Tucker Stephanie Williams Bradley J. Wilson Jack Yarbrough

In-Kind Supporters

Jared & Abby Perry | Ashley Peters | Judi Peters | Paul & Joy Posoli | Reddy & Neumann, P.C.

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Julia Cate had swollen lymph nodes. She hadn’t been acting sick, but labs told her parents, Jessica and Chuck, an unexpected story. Julia Cate had T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia (T-ALL).

Months of treatment failed in curing Julia Cate’s cancer. Doctors tried a new drug and, finally, Julia Cate went into remission. She checked in for her bone marrow transplant just two weeks Later. Camille, Julia Cate’s ten-year-old sister, had prayed that she could be the bone marrow match for her sister. Much to Camille’s joy, the doctors declared her a ten-out-of-ten match for Julia Cate.

Patients & Families

HGF provided an apartment to Julia Cate’s family so that they could have a home away from home while Julia Cate recovered from her transplant. When Hurricane Laura hit, Julia Cate’s family had to evacuate their home. School was delayed due to the natural disaster, so Julia Cate’s siblings got to stay with her and her mom for six weeks straight.

Jessica said of the apartment, “I feel like it was hardly even a sacrifice.”

In the sixth grade, Christian was diagnosed with stage four

anaplastic large cell lymphoma and spent the year in and out of the hospital. By eighth grade, Christian was back at school and playing sports. But his cancer returned during his sophomore year.

Christian’s doctors decided to enroll him in a phase 1 drug trial. He remembers asking His Grace Foundation to bring him the same thing that he wrote on his shopping list every week — ramen noodles. “When your blood counts get really low, your bacteria take over,” Christian explained. “So I had incredibly painful mouth sores. The warmth of the broth felt so good.”

On August 8, 2015, Christian received a bone marrow transplant from his brother, Jonathan. Now, Christian is a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio where he majored in biochemistry. Graduating during a global pandemic isn't ideal, but regardless of where Christian ends up in his next season of life, he wants to tell people about his experience with cancer.

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High school sophomore Sophie—suffering from headaches, nausea, and seeing black spots—showed up at the TCH ER with a CT scan image. After a biopsy, surgery, a pinealoblastoma diagnosis, and radiation, Sophie was admitted to a room on the BMTU.

“there was this basket of stuff!” Sophie said of her HGF welcome basket. “They were such good things—everything we needed." Sophie said that the breakfasts hosted by HGF encouraged her mom to leave the hospital room, eat a full meal, and talk with others. “Y’all didn’t know us but it didn’t matter. You supported us,” Sophie said.

seven years later, Sophie has moved into the “long term survivor” category and graduated from nursing school. Eventually, she hopes to practice at TCH, serving patients right where she was. And how does she feel about graduating during a pandemic?

“I’m ready to start working,” Sophie said. “This is what I was meant to do.”

On November 26, 2018, everything changed in nine-year-old Sawyer's life. The school nurse called his mom concerned by a jaundiced hue to his skin. After a few days of pediatrician visits, a high fever, and extreme lethargy, Sawyer was admitted to the hospital, ultimately receiving a Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) diagnosis. Sawyer began several months of intense treatments. His beloved Piggie (pictured) stayed by his side for every appointment. Sawyer entered remission and prepared to enter middle school. But then, he become very sick. Devastatingly, he was diagnosed with Acute lymphocytic leukemia.

Sawyer would need a bone marrow transplant.

With Piggie in hand, Sawyer and his mom, Jo Ann, moved to Houston for treatment at Texas

Children's. His Grace Foundation provided an apartment for them to move into, and then COVID-19 hit. Sawyer's dad and brothers joined Jo Ann and Sawyer at the apartment so they could weather the season together.

"I don't know what we would do without His Grace," said Jo Ann. "Because of the apartment provided by His Grace, our family can be ALL together as we 'shelter in place' …This forced togetherness is the best gift our family could receive."

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Celebrating Grace

Hope and Care on the BMTU

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2020 Financial Summary

The generosity of donors and partners empowers us to provide the

governance, compliance, programming, collaboration, and leadership needed

to provide physical, emotional, and financial support to the patients and

families of the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Texas Children's Hospital.

Statement of Financial Position

ASSETS

LIABILITIES

$ 386,562

$1,534,530

-$1,921,092

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Fidelity Investments

Endowment Fund

Petty Cash

Total Assets

-$0

Payroll Taxes

Other Liabilities

Total Expenses

EQUITY & NET INCOME

$1,773,291

$ 147,801

$1,921,092

Beginning Retained Earnings

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Statement of Activities

PUBLIC SUPPORT AND REVENUE

EXPENSES

$113,840

$137,079

$103,151

$153,100

$ 71,330

$578,500

Public Donations

In-Kind Donations

Grants

Fundraising Events

Other Income

Total Public Support and Revenue

$256,152

$ 64,902

$ 55,176

$ 16,130

$ 85,085

$477,445

Program Services

Program Implementation

Agency/Support/Services/Tech.

Program Staff Payroll

Support Services

Management and General

Fundraising

Total Expenses

3%

Management Cost

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* Program Expenses consist of Program Implementation (68%), Agency Support Services (17%), and Program Staff Payroll (15%).

Fundraising Events 26% In-Kind Donations 24% Public Donations 20% Grants 18% Other Income 12%

Sources & Uses of Funds

Funding Sources

Program Expenses 79%

Fundraising 18%

Management & General 3%

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The Road Ahead

After a year of so much uncertainty

and so many unknowns, we are:

Longing to return to the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, a desire

that is only outmatched by our willingness to do whatever it takes

to keep patients and caregivers as safe as possible. We hope 2021 will

allow our regular services — dropping off tailored weekly shopping,

serving meals, and personally delivering welcome baskets.

Doing everything in our power to ensure that the children and families we serve

know they are not alone. We see their needs not as a burden, but as an invitation to

bring about more hope and care in the world. Until we can return to the BMTU, we

are focused on creative and consistent ways to serve families.

Adding another apartment unit to our His Grace Place temporary housing program,

bringing our total number of units up to five.

Expanding our enrichment initiative through hands-on activities like KiwiCo Crates

and Young, Wild & Friedman sensory kits. As Child Life Activity Coordinator Allegra

Abbey said, “It has been a joy to watch these amazing kids excel and shine brightly

using these enriching opportunities graciously provided by HGF.”

Developing a series of workshops and a support group. Children who have struggled

with ongoing critical illnesses need support to grow socially and emotionally. With

this in mind, HGF is establishing a series of Interpersonal Skills and Fundamentals

Workshops. Classes will focus on topics such as college testing and application

support, financial management, and career readiness.

We are full of hope — resting

assured that there is no mountain

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